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Surnames: Riggs, Hamblin, Burgon
Classification: Query
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I am researching the Hamblin and Burgon families of Nevada and Utah. William Haynes
Hamblin was born in Ohio. He eventually made his way west and ended up in Southern Utah.
The following is from his life story:
Some friendly Indians showed him the location of high grade silver ore. The town of
Pioche, Nevada, a town not far from the southwestern Utah border, was established when in
1864 William Hamblin staked his claim there. He did not move his family there because of
the wickedness of the area. In 1872 one mine produced a record of 36 bars of silver worth
$6,000 in three days. It is not surprising that the western boomtown followed the violence
and color of other mining areas. Seventy-five men died and were buried there before one
died of natural causes. William sold his claim to his mine. He knew that worldly riches
were not his aim in life. In 1872 the mine that used to be William's was brought into
litigation and he was called to be a witness at the hearings. His wife feared for him, but
he went to the trial in May of 1872. During the trial and before he was able to testify,
he was poisoned and died from its effects on 8 May 1872. William Haynes Hamblin died in
Clover Valley,!
Lincoln County, Nevada on 8 May 1872 and was buried there.
George Alfred Burgon was born in Gosport, Hampshire, England. He came to Nevada about
1870. The 1875 Census of Clover Valley, Lincoln County, Nevada has him, his wife, Adelina
Edwina Riggs, and two of his sons listed. They are George Eugene, and Jemes Ensign. By the
1880 Census they had 3 more children, Adaline Gould, Ernest Lionel, and Maria Lulie.
Any information on either men or their children and families would be greatly
appreciated.